Type-writing machine.



W. J. NEIDIG.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 20, 1909.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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W. J. NEIDIG.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.20,1909.

1 ,1 1 1 ,401 Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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Witnesses.-

@MWTM Int/672607. WM Svb wg o torney fz re as a; basis, I place upon-the platen arbor '13 outside the carriage frame 12 the .10 &

toothed wheel 11, attaching the same fixedly thereon by means of the key 44. I next attach uponthe end of the carriage-frame 12 the axle-pin 21, and place upon the pin the composite rotary part shownin cross-section I in my Fig. 2, comprising the bushing 12, the

rotary part 6 fixedly borne thereon, the

toothed wheel 5 rotatively adjustable upon the bushing and the said part 6', and the two annular parts 6 and 6, both attached to the toothed wheel 5 by means of the pins 43. The part ,6? is supplied with interto engage with the tooth 17 on the lever 18,

a of the lever; This lever is hel any lateral. .movement.

dental spaces or notches 61 on its inner face,

"which rocks upon the fulcrum 53 within a recess 37 cut to-receive it in the part 6, the recess being rectangular in form, and of a width suflicient for the rocking lay therein d in position as shown by thespring 35, attached to ,the part 6 'by thepin 'or screw 54; and when n positionit acts lockingly upon the part 6? so that the toothed wheel 5 and itsattachedj parts cannot change their rotative position relatively to thepart 62 and it also acts bindingly upon the part 6 as regards The part 6" has upon it two projections, the one being the pin 20, stationed near the periphery as shown, and the other the end of the lever 18, stationed away from the periphery, or toward the axis. The toothed wheel 5 is supplied with ya projection, also, lettered 1 1, a working view of which is had in Fig. 3 (and Fig. 4)

i jand its periphery is not continuous, but has a gap 75 in it, some of the teeth being cut I away, the s aid toothedwheel being a mutilatdgeai. The carriage frame 12 has jour- -naled upon it the rocking U-piece 80 by means of the rock-shaft 81 as shown best in Fig. 5, the shaft extending inwardly toward the center of the platen, where it is supported by the carriage frame extension 82 attached to the front rail of the said frame 12. This inner end of the shaft 81 bears the fixedly attached lever arm 83, the end of which beroller-wheel 85 as shown; and for a track 'comes an axle havin an axis at right angles to the axis of the s aft 81 with which the lever rocks. Upon this axle I place the forthe wheel I attach to the main frame 41 of the machine the track 86 to extend from end to end of the said main frame, that is to say, parallel with the platen and with theusual carriage tracks. The bed of the track bends upward at an operatively suitable p mt into the m u d or r 87 th lope of which maybe quite gradual, and then downwardlagain to track level. The U-lever 80 .upon' the outer end of .the shaft 81 is given its form in order to bring it into operative relations with the projection 14 upon the outer'face of the toothed wheel 5. It likewise terminates in an axle or piii 79 having bolts 64, and from this I project into thepath of the prgjection 14 the brake-shoeor friction-stop 1 using the 'pin 65 and the spring 66 to carryand position the same, and the support 63 to cooperate therewith and.steady'the pin. I-also' station upon the carriage frame 12 the pointer orindex-guide 34. The plateyfarbor 13 has the usual twirler or finger-wheel 60 on the end thereof.

The action oft-he structure thus far described is as follows:' The sheet may be imagined as completed, and the toothed wheel.

5 as being stillin mesh ,with the toothed wheel 11, the broken peripheral portion 75 lying either backward or forward from the engaging point:v The sheet will now be twirled out of the machine in the usual way,

by turning the platen forward, and another sheet entered and advanced into a printing position. This forward movement .of the platen will havebeen communicated to the toothed wheel 5 through the action of the toothed wheel 11; but sooner or later the broken or toothless portion 75 of the periphery of the wheel 5 will ,have been brought around into the position shown in Fig.1, the wheels will have passed out of mesh, and the brake-shoe 15 will have brought the now disengaged wheel 5 to a stop, by'acting upon the projection 14. The first,line will now be printed; and as it is not customary for good stenographers to run over upon a'new sheet a short line at the end of a paragraph, it will be a line of a.

end of a lever-arm on the shaft 81, the shaft will be correspondingly rocked, and the U- lever 80 with it, thus pressing the end of the pawl 78 operatively against the projection 14. The wheel'5 will thereupon be turned forward past the gap in its periphery and into mesh with the wheel 11. The spacing lever 51 will now be used to space the platen forward for the printing of the second line, and as the toothed wheel 5 is now in mesh with the toothed wheel 11, it willthereafter turn synchronously'with the platen "during two r v l ions of the platen more or less,

that is to say, until the' br0ken-0ut peripheral-p0rti0n 75 again comes around to the toothed wheel 1L1 Ifit be found desirable,

theproj'ectiomfl, Which in one of its funk UOIlS'lS a ratch-et-todtl'nmay be multiplied on thewhjeel 5,- that is-t0*say,"the wheel may eaeh-passa ge'of the-Wheel over the track'- riSeSZ -that is to? say twice for each 'pri'nted ne- .11 '0; V Ijt "\Vil1-jn0\V"be-S'II that" 'hav desd'r'ibed' a means whereby the tebthect Wheel 1 5 with its -attaehed parts is' brought Y arbuind always to a stopping" point that i constantfor pr'ae- .t-ica lly (so; namely; the point where the Work ing portionet'g"ita periphery ceases te i be acted u on: byth'eldriw'ing periphery "ofwheel-H; wbecal'ise Fof the bI'eak 75 therein;

ing of the-:firstlinm-or beforeithe-printing (IftlICAgSGCQDd iElLlSaid' tOOthd wheel 5 is rptated? fonwardi1i-t0= arenewed peripheral engagementwith the Wheel '11 'by the actionof a part used in-the;'regulannfierktiofi of the -typewritingmlahing namely the; action at the carriage :frame 12- in =m0ving forward" or ba'ckwaidi acress the; main -=fr,ame' 41 iin' theawelhknown way. :Simfaose new that supply the periphery. of one o'ftthe leeked togetherparts."6P? and' 'fit with indibles," preferablyrmnnevale, using marks that 'will i nd icate th'e; pesitioni ofthe eiirrent print-1 ing paintrelatively to-fthezfirst line 0n the sheet, and placing theseindicating marks so as, 5 iii-each case tocome opposite" the in dexgu 01" pei ntei'r -Thu's lmakk'thatmint ofparb tif1tliatrissd stationed in the:

1,;1Sing22l70 to indicate it'he stopping point im-n zedi a,tely-. preeedingl. 'before the 'acti'on of is no; -used in the usual way; 2' advancing the reheati-nte pcisition ffbr; the printing 'o'f 7 the second line. ;1-. 'As the-t0othedt Wheel" 5 is- 'az in geshengegement-with t h iwlieel; k1 it ulso'is advanced-thereby, hmnglnganew.

point in; theperi-phery of'the' "conihined parts 6*} andBQOPPOsite-t-he pointer 34." This I maTklonthe part6; :a-ntl sb' nnfas hjigh" as; I- wish to go, my Wheel and its attached partsslIstain-ing"n0w always" a constant operative relation 'to the platen advancing thaw-sheet :Su'ch a semesfief-"m-dices' might take the foin'i of the'line-indicatbr or's c ale 6 in n x fdrawmgs.

Sit-ion. u'nd't-henat an operative yliwe igmi marked only- 'fo'f' the alternate lines. 1:. could obviously benuu-ked t0 'count'byft'lrie Single-spaced line just as well, or by the r triple-spaeed' line; or using any other unit Literals arranged jtf)" eou'nt" pi'ogres. ely

. .7 30 linefu'nit. lshow it maiked'toeeunt' h) the henia'rkedln 'cm'i'nt By the single-spa ilfor the' ti'iple-s'paeed' line. l"'showlit'marke(l nn'ly t'dr the altenn'a'te linesahu't theie neell he h( (n;nissions'.' Its use is as followsz' It,

will he hoi'ne' in ,n'iincl that the part "6P" 1.5 1 mtati vol adj'n'e'ta hlef to, '1 he totithed "Wheel f5 2fl1d"'ll}S attached 1 parts, as 'alrea ly (le sctibelrf Supp0s '"n0w thatfI am'piinting 't\"vent five lines upen inyeheet. and wish'to renfioveihy sheet when the twentyfiftli line ishem'file'ted'; and lsup'pes'e alse' that I am printing matter like fiahfilar niatter} that cannot w'siell' he di\-id (.1, ;md' wislfto know line I a-v line hoivfar (list-ant inf-twenty fi'fth ('ir last line .i,iziol"dei"not td beginnp (in matter thativill 'ndfigd'in't'o the 'sp'iwel have. l'ett;%liy bringing the nnnieialfifi of imv' indie/e9 6, or'fthe p eriijheral p'intlmifif lW'tlfV between-the nll!X 1I'a 2l 'aIlCl 24;," posite the numeral- 1; 01 the priphe'ial p iniidn a'v between thenil merals" O 'kpd 2, 5' my 'indi'ces '6; a ntl lea ving it there, during; the ti ihe'fthat my ind ices U "a :'e' roaming lines I iip wai'd lfroni' 1 tmyatd "my two: jfifth' or "lastflineyfn'y other indifrjes 6" will Counting them ddhriivard," hgim' ing with the nunieral 25am "ending with; the mi} in-ei'ral 15m their peripheral p'sitions, as ekplainbclq 'IK'V'ill time be enabled to t ll at a glance."n'ithdut' making ariy 'inental (10innhtatione; j'hst he flinch printing space I have left np0n"'i'n 'v piint'ecl page. Or. I 'F'rizltl e-et'thestale 6 to tell the aismm-e m; the dXheme'teu-znn -'erlge ffn%xe Islet fiend bf tnftli e'las t line-T intenclth print- :42 my 'plmsuiv. by a'cldi'njg the death in linemits'o f' the hott'dm narg'rin. k

Am" njech'anfsmha a mndeof wj era- H ,ifinn such as has been (lee-criljedQ--that 'ijtn say'; having an Operative lnen hr that is.

that hi'i'mght into a constant oip'rla ti've m h constant relatively to .thje jiintingcerp0} made not only to indicate the relationship single piece.

pin: 20fon the rotary. part '6'".

Y carries" nponits upper end thebelLhammer:

of thecurrentline position to thefirst or the :last, but it can made to operate and control. I meansof attracting the operators in-gaddition to'the indicating means already described, both being operated and con-.

trolledby an operative member havingsuch a mode .of operation.

15 -=My-bell signal is given by the following umeans'z Upon the frame extension 22,-at-

asaalready described, is the: bell 27, the central pin 88 supplying the means of support go -therefor, That portion of the frame ex.-

'22 extending. downwardly from the bell bears-the inwardly-projecting axle-pin '70,- showmbest in thesectional'detail .view, Fig. .7 uponwhich is stationed the oscillat- 25 in arm' v72 (see-1 more particularly Fig, 6), only-thei lower portion of which is. shown inEigL-3', together'with'the hub-68 and the :I'vleversarnis Wt-and '69,:b0th of which, are ...-'attaohed to' the hub and'rock therewithas a The arm 67 carries 3 the out-V v wardly projecting' pin 71, the said -.pin enngaging: -upona;the: :armE .72- when' rocked in I the one: direction vagainst The other arm 69, lpr'ojects. upwardlyinto the ath of the 26, and. merits axis-end the outwardly proQ jecting-i pin 74, -A similar,- pin 7411sfsta: tionedupontheextension frame 22, the two being connected by. the 'bowsspring 73- .in

-. such a. manner that they are pressed toward "ones-another, withthe effect that the bellhammer 261s pressed toward the bell'27. When snow it .is time for the bellto be struck, the pin 20 breasts the lever 69,"; 1'0Ckr ingit MPOIlltS axis together with the connected hub 68 and arm ;6'(, and.'thereby through; the :pin 71 swinging back the bell.- ham-mer 26'-from the bell-27 against-the action of the spring 73. The pin '20 in due position shownin -Figs; 1, 3 and 6, and are returned. to such position after being partly turned by. the action of pin 20 in passing Ithelever '69, by the action of an eccentric weight-portion 95. 7

The means whereby the machine is rendered inoperative are describ ed thus; Upon J the carriage frame .12 andfprojecting. out wardly therefrom is the axle. .7, bearing journaled thereon the elbow lever 71., i The 5 upper arm" of this "elbow-lever projects into The arm'72' the path of the .pin'2O on the part 6 before described, whereas its lower arm carries the pin 33; Between the two ends of the carriage' frame '12 and journaled the-rein both at one end and the'other is'the rocking shaft 57, which has. fixedly attached thereto at either end inside the frame-ends 12 the cranl'r-levers; '52. *These levers 52 in turn carry attachedfixedly upon them by the ends thereof thehorizontal-bar 3, so that the bar 3 throughout" its entire length will swing in an are upon the shaft 57 its axis,

the two lying parallelthe one to'the other.

connected with the elbow lever 1 before 'tached -to' the endofthe carriage frame 12 named bymeans of the pin 56 onthe said crank-lever, the connecting-rod 53, and the pin-33. The elbow lever 1 and its connected parts may be so balanced as to come to the position of rest as shown. I now journal in the two ends of the main frame 41,-by

means of the axles 48 and the appropriate bearings therefor, theqrocking gate 50 havlng attachedthereto; about centrally of its 'length'thepiece 47, provided with thepinv 46,=the saidpin 46 when-thus attached to the gate be ngineifect a crank-pin upon the same arbor therewith. Fromflthis pin 46- extends the connecting-rod 36' upwardly and bearing 2, fitted uporithe parallel bar 3 in such a manner that the horizontal bar 3 can .slide'therethrough from end to endwithout greatfriction as the said Ibar moves'b ack and forth: with the carriage, the bearing 2 rema ning in a stationary-position the while,

u about midway between the ends of the main frame 41. The guide pieces 49 assist .in v holding the rod 36-and its bearing 2 against atransverse movement with the carriage. I show them attached tothe stationary track 40, which is attached in turn at either end to .the main frame 41, andforms practicallya part thereof. -When it is 't-imeff0r the machine to be rendered inoperative, the pin 20 presses-upwardly against the lever 1, and the shaft 57 is thereupon rocked. together with its attached arms 52, thus lifting the 'horizontal bar 3, and through the connecting rod 36.,and its sleeve-bearing 2 raising the gate 50 into a position approximately vertical- This gate, is tobe stationed as shown :underneath the battery of levers connected underneath these several levers, it will no longer be possible to depress them in the usual manner, but they will be locked 1 against the action of the keys 59 and 39, and

- to render the machine inoperative.

tary I will now describe more particularly the use of my invention. Suppose I desire to print a page thirty-two double-spaced lines in length: I first unlock the rotary part 6" from its connection with the toothed wheel 5 and its attached parts by operating the lever 18. This lever 18 may be so stationed that its projecting end will lie directly under the pointer 34 at the moment the pin 20 releases the bell-operating lever 69. Bringing the lever 18' around under the pointer 34:, I hold it. there in its unlocked position, and turn the platen 10 until the indices 6" pass under the pointer as far as the numeral 32. I then release the said lever, which forthwith locks the several roarts named to rotate as a unit. My signa bell will now always ring when the platen is spaced forward for the printing of the thirty-second line, and my machine will always be rendered inoperative if the laten is then spaced forward for the printmg of an additional line, the pin 20 acting first u on the lever 69, and then a linespace ater upon the lever 1. If for any reason I wish to add further matter to my page, I can always do so by turning my platen forward a line to release the lever 1, and then backward into the printing position. It will readily be seen that as my lever 18 sustains a constant relation rotatively to the part 6, and consequently to the indices 6", the numeral 1 of the said indices 6 may be positioned to lie immediately above the projecting end of the said lever 18, and the other numerals in the series at peripheral points related thereto; in which case the bell would always ring when the numeral 1 of the indices 6 came opposite the pointer 84. If therefore the signalin means be adjusted to operate when required, the inclices 6 will always indicate cor'iperatively therewith the number of lines between the current line position on the sheet and the line-position at which the signal is set to be given, whatever the current line position may be. i

In my Fig. 4 I show a modification of my invention, for the purpose of showing that the toothed wheel 5 can be rotated around into mesh by means of another part used in the usual operation of the typewriting machine, in this case the line-spacing lever 51, though almost anv part used in the nor mal printing or positioning of the sheet could be employed instead, or a part having no other use whatever. The line-spacing lever 51 is here shown as fixedly attached to the rock-shaft 77 journaled upon the carriage frame 12; and in addition to the usual line-spacing pawl and its operating lever, the cranlelever 80, bearing the pin 7 9 and the pivoted pawl 78, is attached thereto. The wheel 5 pass-es out of mesh as before; and then, after the insertion of the new sheet, the first line is printed. The spacing lever 51 is now used, and the pawl 78 is at once driven forwardly upon the projection 14, turning the wheel 5 into mesh. As the first part of such a spacing stroke is usually idle as far as its effect upon the platen is concerned, the wheel 5 will be in mesh before the platen begins its movement, and will then move forward therewith as before. I show more particularly the trackand-roller means of bringing around the wheel 5, for the reason that in some typewriting machines the platen is not spaced forward by means of a lever 51.

It is to be noted that the pawl 78 will pick up the projection 14: at any point within its stroke, wherever that projection may chance to be, and carry it forward to the end of its stroke, that is to say, into a contact operative position. It will be perceived that I have therefore in this specification disclosed two separate means of bringing an o erative member into a constant operative position, the first being by means embracing a broken periphery, and the second, by means embracing a pawl and projection or monotooth. I have shown these means as acting cooperatively, the one with the other; but in my co-pending application filed December 5, 1912, Serial No. 735,108, I show the principle of the one used and not that of the other. A monotooth ratchet-wheel and pawl could be used to bring an operative member into a constant starting position from'any of its several secondary positions.

The series of indices 6 and 6 are preferably carried upon a periphery as shown, but it is not in all cases essential that they should be peripheral. I show them as controlled or operated by a rotary part, but it is not in all cases essential that they should revolve upon an axis as shown, nor that the part controlling them should be rotary. Markings or symbols other than numerals may be employed, and units other than the line unit. It is not essential that the pre oise means of adjustment between the part bearing the projection or monotooth M and the part bearing the pin 20 herein shown should be employed. The indices 6 may be used alone, without the indices 6", and the indices 6 alone without the 6 indices, or both series of indices may be omitted and the bell signal alone used, or the means rendering the machine inoperative alone, or

. either itfor the bell signal'used alone with constant initial or starting position are known and commonly used in other arts, al-' mostany of which would be the equivalent of the means employed in my mechanism, and furthermore-that the, means disclosed herein are capable of; taking many forms."

The invention is'not restricted to the use of friction means forch cking the movement of the mutilated gear. Other means than the pawl means shown can also be employed Ufor rotating the said wheel forward into reengagement, some of which are specifically describedby me in myapplications filed Demcember 5', 1912, aforesaid and December 16,

1909,.Serial No. 533,355.

-' The stroke of hepawl 78 against the monotoothprojec tion 14, whereby the'wlieel 3 1 5 is rotated forward into engagement during the printing ,of the first'line, or at a moment I having a definite relation to, the printing of the first line, is preferably given as shown,

but it is .to be noted that it coiild just as wellbe givenby another part usedin print Y ing the first line, or inpositioning' the sheet .before or after the .said printing operation- :235

and I- illustrate'inFig, ,4 how the line-spacelever for instance nay'be, used in'this duty.

J The preferab e form 'of invention for machine's having the: line-space-lever con -veniently' stationed would be that shown in' Fig-4 ;-but for those in which the line-spacelever; is absent, that shown in Fig; 1 would be My general invention has as its pith the fact that I show means whereby an operative part, preferably rotary, controlling an in.- dicating or signaling means, is brought into .aconstant-initial or starting position before or by thetime the sheet is brought into a relatively constantline position, and then is given a movement constant with that of the sheet.

:' "AS more specifically disclosed in theprest cut application, I show means whereby a rotary member is made to revolvewith the platen through a toothed connection therewith, means whereby it is brought to a stop at a constantrotative point through a break in the connecting means, specifically a break I in the toothed periphery of the gear wheel,

cooperating with a detaining means, specifically a friction-stop or brake,and means whereby it is then spaced forward into connectionwith the platen by the action jot parts in the typewriting machine, specifi cally the action of a part stationed upon the main frame upon a stationed the carriage, the said partsyacting specifically upon a reciprocatingmawland against a mo-noto'oth projection in- 'CQDDQCUOI). with the 'mutilated gear; It is: to .e, Il0t Bd=' in this omitting the platen 'connection'; or I might have-used ap'awl -and-r'atchet mechanism operated by the action ofiapart stationed on the main frame upon a part stationed on the carriage to rotate myrotary-.member, omitting n'otonlv the platen conection but the broken eriphery. And other similar combinations of; structure are possible.

The "devices shoivn" in the drawings and described herein-have .anumber of general objects in common withthose of certain cope'nding applications for Letters, Patent filed byme, and; Letters Patent granted thereon, and-to a certain'extentzutili-ze various principles and features-which are common to the 'devices sh'own and described in the said applications; Some of the said common principles and features are claimed broadly in Letters 3 Patent N0. 1,087,045, granted fu'pon my application of. April--30, 1909, I aforesaid, an'djin? Letters- Patent No. 1,053,- 924', grantedupon m application filed December 16, 1909, Serial No.--'533,355:, and in mya'pplicat'ion filed December 17,1909, Se-

rial No. 533,725, l

Thejpr'esentinvention is distinguished by the characteristic-featureswhich are specified in T the following claims.

' Having thus ele'arly explained the nature and obj ect sj efyjinvention, and theimanner of applyingit', I claim as' ne'w and desire tosecure by Letters'Patent'" i 1. In-atypewriting' machine,'in combination a laterally movable carriage, 'sheetadvancing means thereon, an operative member actuated from 1 said means, indicating means called into' operation through said membe, and means operating in the: lateral movement of.'the-- carriage to control the actuation of saidoperative member from said sheet-advancing means. I

2. Ina typewriting machine, combination, a laterally movable carriage, sheet-advancing means'thereon, an operative member actuated from said means, indiees called into operation through "said member to indicate successive positions of the sheet, and means operating in the lateral movement of the carriage to control-the actuation of said operative member'f romsaid sheet-advancing means. e

3. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a laterally movable carriage, sheet-advancing means thereon, an operative member actuated from said means, an audible signaling means called into operation through said member, and means operating in the lateral movement of the carriage to control the actuation of said operative memher from said sheet-advancing means.

4. In a typewriting machine, in combination, typewriter-mechanism parts including a laterally movable carriage having sheetadvancing means thereon, an operative member actuated from said sheet-advancing means, means called into operation through said member for rendering one or more of said typewriter mechanism parts inoperative for use, and means operating in the lateral movement of the carriage to control the actuation of said operative member from said sheet-advancing means.

5. In a typewriting machine, in combination, printing means, a lock for said printing means to render the" same inoperative for use in printing, a laterally movable carriage, a platen on said carriage, an operative member actuated from said platen, means operating in the lateral movement of said carriage to control the actuation of said operative member from the platen, and a universal connection between said lock and said operative member effective to operate said lock from said member in every working position of the carriage.

6. In a typewriting machine, in combination, the main frame, a carriage movable thereon, a platen on said carriage, a revoluble member actuated from said platen, in-

, dicating means called into operation through thereon, a platen on said carriage, an indexcarrier actuated from said platen to bring indices into indicating position, and cooperating parts, one thereof on said carriage and one thereof on the main frame, said parts operating in the lateral movement of the carriage to control the actuation of the said index-carrier.

8. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a toothed wheel rotating in unison therewith, a cooperating mutilated gear, indicating means called into operation through said gear, and a part having also a function in the typewriting operation connected to control the engagement of said toothed wheel with said gear.

9. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a wheel rotating in unison therewith, a cooperating mutilated wheel,

i an index-carrier actuated through said mutilated wheel to bring indices into indicating prominence, and a part having also a function in the typewriting operation connected to control the, engagement of said mutilated wheel and the first-named wheel.

1O. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a toothed wheel rotating therewith, a cooperating mutilated gear, an audible signaling means called into operation through said gear, and a part having also a function in the typewriting operation connected to control the-engagement ofisaid gear and said toothed wheel.

11. In a typewriting machine, in combination, typewriter-mechanism parts including a platen, a toothed wheel rotatinglwith said platen, a cooperating mutilated gear engaging with said toothed wheel under the control of a typewriter-mechanism part, and means called into operation throu hsaid gear for rendering one or more of said typewriter-mechanism parts inoperative for use.

12. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a laterally movable carriage, a platen on said carriage, a toothed wheel rotating with said platen, a cooperating mutilated gear, indicating means called into operation through said-gear, and means operating in the lateral movement of the carriage to control the engagement of said gear and 'said toothed wheel.

13. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a laterally movable carriage, a platen thereon, a wheel rotating with said platen, a cooperating mutilated wheel, an indexcarrier connected with said mutilated wheel, and means operating in the lateral movement of the carriage to control the engagement of said cooperating wheels.

14. In a 'typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a toothed wheel rotating therewith, a cooperating mutilated gear havmg a projectionconnected therewith, indicating means called into operation through said gear, and a part having also a function in the typewriting operation connected to control the engagement of said gear and said toothed wheel, through said projection.

15. In a typewritmg machine, in combination, a platen, a toothed wheel rotating in unison therewith, a cooperating mutilated gear, an index-carrier actuated through said gear, a projection in connection with said index-carrier and ear, and a part having also a function in t e typewriting operation connected to control the engagement of said gear and said toothed wheel, through said pro ection.

16. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, an operative member actuated from said platen, indicating means called into operation through said member,

a friction device for detaining said member 1n starting position, and a part having alsoa function in the typewriting operation connected to control the actuation of said member from the said's't'arting position.

starting position.

""tion throu h sai member, means for giving tion, under the control'of one of 18. In atypewriti'ng machine, in combination, typewriter mechanism parts including sheet-advancing means, an operative member actuated from said sheet-advancing means, indic'a'ti'n means called into operasaid jme'm 'er'a constant starting position, and means including a' pawl-"and-ratchetdevice for controlli the actuation of said operativemember rom said starting posisaid typewriter mechanism parts.

19. In a typewriter machine,'in combination a platen, an operative member actuated from" the platen, indicating means called into operation through said member,

copies at this patentmay be obtained for and means including a pawl and monotooth for controlling the operation of said memher from the platen. i 20. In a typewriter machine, in combination, a platen, a toothed, wheel rotating in unison therewith, a cooperating mutilated gear, an operative member actuated through said gear, indicating means called into operation through said member, and means including a pawl for controllin the engagement of said mutilated gear an said toothed wheel.

' 21. In a typewritingmachine, in 'comblnation, a platen, an operative member, indi- I eating means called into operation through i said member, toothed devices between said member and the platen, said devices constructed'to permit detention of saidmember independently of the platen, and a part having also a function in the typewriting opera tion connected to control the actuation of said member by said toothed devices.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 'in presence of two witnesses i WILLIAM J. NEIDIG,

' 'CHas'F. RAN ALL, Anion H. Moni;isoN,

Washington, D. 03.

five cents each, by addressing the {Commissioner of Patents; 

